Summary

word of advice ! Spoilers ahead for The Flash # 8!With two fantastically powerful speedsters in the DC Universe , one bit proves whichFlashhas a better hold on their abilities . As reality come out coming aside at the line , the Flash Family ’s response to the crisis reveals who truly merit the degraded Man Alive titlebetween Barry Allen and Wally West .

InThe Flash # 8by Simon Spurrier , Ramón Pérez , and Vasco Georgiev , the DC Universe is coming apart at the seams and strange event are fall apart out all over the populace . To make things worse , Wally West is still missing , leaving Barry Allen tolead the Flash Family’sglobal response .

The older Flash tries to be in multiple plaza at once , but it ’s incredibly difficult for him . Barry ca n’t concentre and he keeps running into other speedsters . Flash laments his situation and wonders how Wally can care this kind of responseon top of raise a family .

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Barry Allen Admits He Can’t Handle the Flash Workload Like Wally West

Things have been incredibly complicated in the Flash ’s corner of the DC Universe . After Wally gained his new ' side - stepping ' power and discovered secret layers of world , strange cosmic event begin popping up . puppet from various dimensions start invade Earth and the reality was observed by a travel grouping of cosmic explorers known as the Stillness . Things finally started to become absolved when science detective Inspector Pilgrim postulated that speedsters and other meter - traveler were inadvertently , destabilise the DC Universe ’s timeline . However , what Pilgrim did n’t have it off was thatFlash ’s foes had teamed up with an strange power to destruct everything .

There ’s no doubt that Barry and Wally are the two fast the great unwashed in the DC Universe . But when it comes to who is fast , both flash are quick to take on that the other one has them exhaust . Admittedly it ’s hard to accurately gauge oneself , but one but has to be a good Flash . This case shows that for all of his speed , Barry ca n’t handle bigger second like this . It ’s too much data for Barry to litigate at once andeven the older Flash acknowledge that his former buddy is capable of things Barry is n’t .

The Flash Recognizes How Far Wally West Has Gone

When Barry return inFinal Crisisand saw how much Wally had done as the Flash , it was clear who the dominant speedster was . Wally civilize hard and regain amazing new applications to his power . While no one doubts that Barry is a prime speedster as well , Barry is the first to take Wally passed him a long metre ago . While Barry is always there to save the Earth when it needs him , he knows that when speedsters take someone to lead the pack , it ’s the Wally West version of theFlashwho ’s the best .

The Flash # 8is available now from DC Comics .

The Flash # 8(2024 )

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